THE PLAINVIEW Area Retired Teachers Association will meet at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 13 at West Texas Woodfire Grill. Kim Horne, director of Meals on Wheels, will present the program. Call 293-7531 for reservations.

WITNESS WRITERS, a writing critique group, meets from 10 a.m.-noon Feb. 11 at First United Methodist Church (enter on the south side). New members and visitors are welcome. There is no charge. For more information contact Carole Bell at 292-0134 or caroleabell@gmail.com, or choose "Encouragement Groups" at www.ntchristianwriters.com.

A DIGITAL JUMP Start photography class will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at South Plains College-Plainview. Cost is $40. Wes Underwood, SPC Photographer, will be the instructor.

The class is designed for those who have just started digital photography and can be taken with a point-and-shoot or digital SLR camera. Students will get instruction on camera functions and shooting in the manual mode. Shooting will take place indoors and outdoors.

For more information or to register, call Kasey Reyes at 716-2341.

THE YMCA'S Teen zone, featuring air hockey, ping-pong, pool, Wii and other activities, will be open from 6-9 p.m. on select Friday nights the rest of the school year.

Upcoming special event days include a dodge ball tournament and free food Feb. 10, karaoke and open-mic night Feb. 24, trivia night March 2 and Spring Fest March 23. College prep nights also are planned. Cost is $1.

DRIVER'S ED CLASS will be from 6:40-7:30 a.m. March 26-May 14. Cost is $125 at sign-up and $125 the first day of class. Sign-ups begin at 4 p.m. Feb. 20 with Phoebe Jones in the main office at PHS.

FRIENDS OF THE Symphony night is from 4-9 p.m. today at the Cotton Patch. Ten percent of all sales will be donated to the Symphony. Information will be available at the restaurant.

FIRST THURSDAY Family Reading Night welcomes children ages 4-7 for bedtime stories at Unger Library from 7-7:30 p.m. today.

Community reader Ted Baker from Walmart Transportation will read "Trucks Roll!" and Jr. Literacy members Edna Aguirre and Shelby Maresca will read " ‘I Can't' Said the Ant" and "I Went Walking." Children must be accompanied by an adult.

EXPIRED OR UNUSED medication and syringes may be disposed of from 12:30-1:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at the Nunn Business Building, located at Sixth St. and Igo Blvd. on the Wayland campus. The service is offered through WBU's Students In Free Enterprise program. For more information call Debbie Lane at 291-1020.

WAYLAND'S STUDENTS in Free Enterprise is hosting beginners computer literacy classes from 6-7 p.m. every Tuesday from Feb. 7-28 in room 118 of the Nunn Business Building, Sixth Street and Igo Boulevard. Those interested must attend the first night of class.

For more information call Debbie Lane at 291-1020.

SOROPTIMIST OF Plainview is hosting its second annual wine tasting from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Feb. 11 at HCSB downtown. The tasting will feature wines produced by Messina Hof Winery with grapes grown in Hale County. Winemakers Paul and Merrill Bonnarigo will be in attendance. Foods paired with the wines also will be served.

Tickets are limited to 150 people at $40 per person and may be purchased from Alice Sawayer, 293-2313; Amanda Curry, 292-2079; Lacey Todd, 293-9826; or Janice Posey, 293-2094.

SENIORS AT Plainview High School and Houston School may pick up local scholarship applications from counselors Valinda Parker or Jay Jay Wiseman. All applications are due back to Parker by 4 p.m. Feb. 24.